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Here is video of a Meet the Press panel yesterday discussing Rick Santelli's attack on the Obama Mortgage Plan last week. Surprisingly, the panel, including moderator David Gregory, point out the practical truth in the comments made by Santelli, and they agree that his comments have struck a nerve, based on the reaction of the White House. . . . . . (Watch Video)

Here is video of Meet the Press today, January 11, 2009, where the program featured an in-depth panel discussion of the state of the U.S. Economy and the Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, and then an interview with Bill Cosby. . . . . (watch video)

To my Conservative Friends: As I have told ya in the past - That Barack Obama - He's one smooth talker!!!! If any of you just came back from a 2-year trip to Mars and had no idea who Barry Hussein Obama was, and watched our new President on Meet the Depressed yesterday, you would swear to Ronald Reagan that you were listening to a new, Republican President. Not a rock-ribbed lefty from the south side of Chi-town!!! The obvious question that begs for an answer is - Do you buy it??? Now, I don't want to spoil your Monday...

After the flap caused during the campaign when he famously told Joe the Plumber that he wanted to "spread the wealth," I figured Barack Obama wouldn't be making such a suggestion again anytime soon. I figured wrong. Pres.-elect Obama to Tom Brokaw on today's Meet The Press: "I think the important principle, because sometimes when we start talking about taxes, and I say I want a more balanced tax code, people think, well, that's class warfare. No. It turns out that our economy grows best when the benefits of the economy are most widely spread. And that has been true...

Here is complete video of today's edition of Meet the Press, November 16, 2008. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) square off on a potential bailout of the auto industry. Plus, energy dependence and the environment with former oilman T. Boone Pickens. Then the economy and the Obama transition with The New York Times' Tom Friedman, BBC America's Katty Kay, NBC's Andrea Mitchell & PBS's Tavis Smiley. . . . (Watch Video)

Here is complete video of Meet the Press which aired today, November 9, 2008. Today it focused on the transition to an Obama Administration, talking to Valerie Jarrett - a co-chair of President-elect Obama's transition team - and rumored to be Obama's favorite to replace him in the United States Senate from Illinois. The program also talks to a panel of historians about the challenges Obama faces as he prepares to assume the Presidency. . . . (Watch Video)

Powell endorsed Obama..go figure :)No cares. Good riddance.

Look At The Bags Under His Eyes, And The Makeup Makes Him Look Worse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NBC News picked veteran Tom Brokaw to moderate "Meet the Press" through the 2008 U.S. election season, NBC News President Steve Capus said on Sunday. Tim Russert, the longtime host of the Sunday morning news program who was known for his interviews of leading U.S. political figures, died of a heart attack on June 13. He was also the television network's Washington bureau chief.

NBC anchor Brian Williams will be the first to fill in for Tim Russert as the host for "Meet the Press" this Sunday, the network said today. Russert died suddenly last week of cardiac arrest. After Williams, several different NBC news personalities are expected to rotate as the host of the Sunday morning interview show until a permanent replacement is named - sometime later this year or early next.

MSNBC/NBC News announce that Brian Williams will take over Meet The Press on a trial run starting this Sunday.

Commentary Editor's Note: During the next week, RFFM.org will do a series of columns on the state of journalism in America today. We will look into the failures of the dominant media and the lack of adherence to journalistic integrity on the Internet. The profession of journalism truly lost one of its most distinguished representatives with the sudden death of Tim Russert. The host of NBC's Meet The Press had developed into one of the best interviewers in the dominant media and the profession cannot afford to lose such individuals who ply their trade with dignity and pride. However, the...

"Mr. McClellan announced his resignation at the side of Mr. Bush on the White House lawn, but in sometimes emotional remarks he did not say what he would be doing or who would be succeeding him. It was unclear if Mr. McClellan had acted on his own or had been encouraged to leave after his two years and nine months as Mr. Bush's chief spokesman." --New York Times, on Scott McClellan's resignation, April 19, 2006 Former White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, counts the number of former colleagues' backs he's climbed on to promote his book.Much as we tried to...

For a moment, let's step away from the commentary, per se, and focus on the commentators. Liberals love to chide Fox News for its alleged conservative bias. So why don't we see, when it comes to being fair and balanced, how this morning's Fox News Sunday panel stacked up against that of its main competitor, Meet the Press? Here are the line-ups--you be the judge. MEET THE PRESS Host–Tim Russert Panel * David Broder–Washington Post columnist * John Dickerson–Slate * Gwen Ifill–PBS * Andrea Mitchell–NBC * Richard Wolffe–Newsweek

Calling Washington, D.C., "corporate-occupied territory," consumer advocate Ralph Nader launched his fifth campaign for the presidency Sunday. "I'm running for president," said Nader in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Nader downplayed the impact he might have on the ultimate outcome of the race, saying "if Democrats can't landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form."

Takeway exchange from John McCain's Meet The Press appearance today. TIM RUSSERT: If the Senate passed your bill, S-1433, the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill, would you as president sign it? JOHN MCCAIN: Yeah, but the lesson is that it isn't going to come, it isn't going to come. The lesson is that they want the borders secured first. View video here.

Hillary Clinton, infamous for her refusal to face tough media interviewers, is boycotting the news program hosted by the toughest questioner of all: NBC's Tim Russert. In a panel discussion with political consultant Mike Murphy during Sunday's "Meet The Press," Russert revealed that Clinton is ducking an appearance on his show. Said Russert: "Last week we had Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee on 'Meet the Press.' This week we had John McCain. We invited Senator Clinton, she declined our invitation. Doing very few media interviews. I am told she might be doing 'Access Hollywood' on Monday." Murphy commented: "Yeah, I...

despite those serious differences, I thought there was much to like and admire about Ron Paul. What I had always appreciated about him was his outspoken support for the Constitution, the fact that he didn't get caught up in the trappings of Washington power, that he wasn't a hypocrite. I believed all that. And I have to thank Tim Russert for blowing his cover. I just simply didn't know that Ron Paul plays the Washington racket just like the rest of the gang. The only difference is he has figured out a system of plausible deniability for himself – a...

When Chris Wallace replaced Tony Snow as the host of “Fox News Sunday” in December 2003, the network appeared to take a more moderate approach to Sunday talk. Unlike Snow, a former Republican speechwriter, Wallace’s broadcasting résumé included nearly three decades at mainstream media staples ABC and NBC. And Wallace even snagged Howard Dean — who hadn’t been on the Fox network in five years — as his first guest; fellow presidential hopefuls John F. Kerry, Dick Gephardt and John Edwards rounded out the month. But this election cycle, said Wallace, some Democrats aren’t “playing ball” with him — or...

Fred Thompson took his acid bath this morning on Meet the Press. Measured by the traditional standards of Sunday morning political theater, it was an uneven performance. Fred did well on international affairs and "stumbled" on domestic policy. His answer on abortion in particular will come as an uncomfortable revelation to some of his more conservative supporters. I have a team of Jesuits attempting to unravel the yarn-balled logic of Fred's rambling answer, but it appears to boil down to this: "I'm 100 percent pro-life and have voted 100 percent pro-life. I hope one day Roe will be overturned and...